Lesson 59: In or out?Key words and expressionsRex 雷克斯bark v. 狗叫press 按压paw 脚爪latch 门闩expert 专家develop a habit 养成习惯remove 拆掉取下annoyed 生气的恼火的Questions on the textWhy did the writer’s husband spend weeks training the dog to open the front gate?Because the dog sit outside the gate and bark until someone open the gate.What bad habit has the dog developed?As soon as he lets himself into the garden, he begins barking until someone lets himself out, and then he does it again.What happened when the writer’s husband removed the gate?The dog got so annoyed that he ran away and never back.Language pointsEvery time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate.Every time I went back to my hometown I was surprised at the changes.He brought a present every time he came to visit us.As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.complain of/about 对。。。抱怨spend time doing sth. 花时间做某事I spent a whole day writing postcards.spend time on sth. 在。。。上花时间He has spent a lot of time on this project.let oneself in/out 放自己进去/出来The door was open so I let myself in.He opened the door and let me in.He let himself out through the window.Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate.expert 常用 介词at,in,on,with连用She is an expert in/at teaching small children.an expert in economics 经济专家an expert on foreign affairs 外交专家an expert with the needles 针线活能手However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate.go swimminggo fishinggo picnicking 去野餐This time he was barking so that someone would let him out.so that 为的是。。。Please speak up so that the people sitting at the back can hear you.Can you hurry up a little so that we won’t be late again?Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.since 时间副词打那以后so … that … 如此。。。以致。。。口语中常省略thatHe was so excited he could not say anything.Key structures and usage表示目的的几种方式to, in order to, so as to, so that , in order thatMy husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.This time he was barking so that someone would let him out.We started out earlyin order toavoid traffic.I moved to the front of the busso as toget a good view of the countryside.He left the letter on the tablein order thatI might see it.ExtensionA dog is man’s best friend.Do you keep any pets?Have you seen any pets that have strange habits?